The company is currently selling around 18,000 units per month of the FZ series, including Fazer and with the launch of these two variants the Japanese firm expects to sell around 24,000 units per month, Kurian added.

On the company’s upcoming manufacturing plant in Chennai, Kurian said: “Construction at the plant is progressing well and production would begin from November”.

The Chennai facility, on which the company is investing Rs 1,500 crore, will have a production capacity of 1.8 million.